Hog and cattle holder.



No. 831.105. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. J. J. ROBERTSON.

HOG AND CATTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1906.

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J. J. ROBERTSON. HOG AND CATTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24 1906.

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wmmm HIE NORRIS Pzrsgrs 50., WASHINGTON, n. z:v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOG AND CATTLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed April 24, 1906. Serial No. 313,473.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, J OHN J ROBERTSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the county of Washington and State of Indiana, have inventeda new and useful Hog and Cattle Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to a hog and cattle holder.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofdevices for holding animals, and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive hog and cattle holder adapted to enable one man to hold ahog of any size with great ease and without causing the animal to exertor strain itself When marking, ringing, castrating, or otherwiseoperating on such animal.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope ofthe claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hog and cattleholder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view, the pivoted side being arranged in ahorizontal position to form an operating-table.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

The hog and cattle holder is provided with a substantially oblong frame,provided with supporting-sills 1 and provided with a rigid horizontalbottom 2, a fixed side 3, and a pivoted side 4, which is adapted to beswung from the vertical position (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) to thehorizontal position (shown in Fig. 4) to form an operating-table andwhich of doors or gates 5. The fixed side of the frame may be of anypreferred construction, and the doors or gates 5 are connected to thefixed side 3 by means of suitable hinges 6.

The movable side 4 is pivoted by a horizontal longitudinal rod 7 to theupper ends of the like. end by eyes 19 or other suitable means to theinner face of the movable side at points be-- illustrated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings.

to form bearings for the pivoted side for relieving the pintle-rod ofstrain. The pintlerod is located at a point between the upper and loweredges of the movable side 4, and

vthe latter is rigidly held in its vertical position by means of thehinged doors or gates 5,

which when closed fit between the sides 3 and 4 and engage the pivotedside above and below the pintle-rod.

The doors or gates are locked in their closed position by means of rods12, hinged at one end to the adjacent corner-post 13 of the fixed side 3and provided at the other end with a bent portion or hook 14, which fitsin :an eye formed by a staple 15 of the movable side 4. The locking-rodsare located above 'the pintle-rods, and they serve to connect the sides3 and 4 and assist in holding the pivotal side stationary while a hog orother animal is being secured, as hereinafter explained.

The bottom of the frame is provided with a plurality of transversecleats or bars 16, which are spaced apart to form transverse grooves 17for the reception of chains 18 or other flexible connections, such as'ropes or The chains 18 are secured at one low the pintle-rod, and thefixed side 3 is provided at its inner face with a plurality of eyes 20,which are adapted to be engaged by hooks 21 of the chains 18. The chainslie in the grooves at the bottom of the frame and against the sides ofthe same in the position The transverse cleats protect the chains andprevent the same from becoming tangled in the feet of a hog or otheranimal.

is rigidly held in a vertical position by means 1 other animal, one ofthe gates is opened, and :the hog is driven into the frame.

When it is desired to operate on a hog or The gate is then closed toconfine the animal in the frame. The chains are then unhooked from theeyes 20 and are engaged with projections or pins 22 of a windlass-shaft'23, which is journaled in suitable bearings 24 of the bars or cleats 9and which is located in a plane slightly above the upper edge of thepivoted side 4. The Windlass-shaft is held against accidental rotarymovement by means of a short chain 25, which is fixed at one end to thepivoted side and which is adapted to engage either of a pair ofprojections 26. The projections 26 are preferably formed by a pin whichpierces the Windlass-shaft. After all the chains 18 are connected withthe Wind lass-shaft the latter is rotated to tighten the said chains 18,which lift the hog off its feet and bind the same tightly against thepivoted side 4. It has been found by experience that when a hog islifted off its feet in this manner it will cease to exert or strainitself.

The Windlass-shaft is provided at one end with a crank-handle 27, and itis locked by the short chain 25 to retain the animal on the pivotedside. The pivoted side of the frame is also provided with a short rope28 or other suitable flexible connection, which is secured at one end tothe upper portion of the pivoted side and which is adapted to befastened to one of the hind legs of a hog for holding the latter inposition to be operated When the animal is on the operatingtable formedby the pivoted side and in the position illustrated in dotted lines inFig. 4 of the drawings, it may be conveniently operated on for anypurpose. When the pivoted side is arranged in a horizontal position, asillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, it rests upon a horizontal bar29, which forms a stop for the pivoted side and also serves to brace theshort posts 8. After the hog or other animal is operated on the pivotedside is returned to a vertical position and the animal is released.

It will be seen that the hog and cattle holder will enable a hog of anysize to be easily handled by one person and that an animal is notpermitted to strain itself.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising a frame having a movableside pivoted at a point between its upper and lower edges and adapted tobe swung outward to form an operating-table, a door or gate arranged toabut against the movable side above and below the pivotal point forholding the same stationary, and means for securing an animal to themovable side.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a frame having a movableside pivoted at a point between its upper and lower edges and adapted tobe arranged to form an operating-table, means for securing an animal tothe pivoted side, a hinged door or gate arranged to abut against themovable side above and below the pivotal point for ed at a point betweenits upper and lower edges and adapted to be arranged to form anoperating-table, means for securing an animal to the pivoted side, ahinged door or gate arranged to abut against the movable side above andbelow the pivotal point-for holding the said side stationary, and alocking device for securing the door or gate in its closed position,said locking device consisting of a transverse rod extending across theframe, and detachably connected with the movable side.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a frame having fixed andmovable sides, the movable side being adapted to be swung outward toform an operating=table, a plurality of flexible connections secured atone end to the movable side, means for de tachably connecting theflexible connections with the other. side of the frame, and. meanscarried by the movable side for enabling the flexible connections to beattached to it for securing an animal.

5. A device of the class described, com' prising a frame provided withtransverse bottom grooves and having fixed and movable sides, themovable side being adapted to form an operating table, a plurality offlexi ble connections secured at one end to the movable side andextending across the bot tom of the frame and lying in the groovesthereof, said flexible connections being also detachably secured to thefixed side, and means carried by the movable side to receive the freeends of the flexible connections for securing the animal to the saidmovable side.-

6. A device of the class described, comprising a frame provided withtransverse bjottom grooves and having fixed and mov able sides themovable side being adapted to form an operating-table, a plurality offlexi ble connections secured at one endto the movable side andextending across the bottom of the frame and lying in the groovesthereof, said flexible connections being also detachably secured to thefixed side, and a windlass mounted on the movable side and provided withmeans for connecting the free ends of the flexible connections to it foren abling the flexible connections to be simultaneously wound up forsecuring an animal on the movable side.

7. A device of the class described compri's ing a frame having fixed andmovable sides, the movable side being adapted to be swung outward toform an operating-table, a plu rality of flexible connections secured atone end to the movable side, means for detachably connecting theflexible connections with the other side of the frame, and a Windlass EIn testimony that I claim the foregoing as mounted on the movable sideand provided my own I have hereto aflixed my signature With means forconnectmg the free ends of 1n the presence of two Witnesses.

the flexible connections to it for enabling the JOHN J. ROBERTSON.flexible connections to be simultaneously l lYitnesses: Wound up forsecuring an animal on the movl ENoon B. DIXON,

able side. O. O. ROBERTSON.

